Journal archive
July 12, 2012
All day today it has rained, so that made it more difficult to get out and find materials to use. However my Mom brought home a huge palm from the grocery store this morning for me to use(hooray and thanks Mom!). So now I have palm to practice braiding, and that is what I did. […]
Read story →July 10, 2012
Short and sweet is my ikebana for day, allium and a squash leaf gleaned from the vegetable garden. For today it works, but I need to find some flowers. Maybe tomorrow I will venture out and go down by the lake to see what I can find. I did find some great apple branches to […]
Read story →July 9, 2012
July 8, 2012
Two things I have in abundance here at my parents house, branches and beautiful hydrangeas. To make the Hana-dome for this ikebana I used only branches that had fallen in storms during the last week. I’m hoping that the dahlias will have blooms soon, and the garden may yield more flowers after the rains that […]
Read story →July 5, 2012
July 4, 2012
Today’s arrangment is a bit different, I’m short on flowers and still trying to search for things to work with. The yucca pods are something that I really wanted to use and the open tree trunk had some possibility. I’m still unsure about it, but it was fun to try something different. Ideally I would […]
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July 2, 2012
July 1, 2012
June 30, 2012
After a long trip southwest of DC I arrived late last night at my parent’s house. I was still debating on whether I should have delayed the trip by a week, but it was already planned and I went. Timing is everything, a huge storm hit Washington,DC last night downing trees and power lines and […]
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